Car-door fastener



(No Model.)

HENRY E. HOKE & HARRY E. HOKE.

I v GAR DOOR PASTENER. No. 463,511.

Patented Nov. 17, 1891;

Gwaalter/we UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ELIAS lIOKE AND HARRY E. HOKE, OF CHAHBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-DOOR FASTENER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,511, dated November1'7, 1891.

Application filed June 24, 1891.

To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that we, HENRY ELIAs H01: andHARRY E. HOKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Chambersburg,in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Fasteners; and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,whichform part of this specification.

This invention has relation to fasteners for the doors of freight-cars;and it consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangementof devices, as hereinafter described, and specificallyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing thefastener applied to a car-door; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same,and Fig. 3 a horizontal sectional view. I

The letter A designates the sidewall of a freight-car, and B the doorsliding on ways 0. In the wall A adjacent to the doorway are formedrecesses to receive the, keepers d cl, which consist of box-likecastings having open faces and open at one end, as shown, the open endbeing bridged by the parts 6 e, under or back of which the toe of thefastener is inserted in looking the door.

E is a metallic plate fastened by screws f f to the outer face of thedoor and formed at one end with the introverted loop, eye, or ring G,which projects beyond the edge of the door and carries the fastener H.The latter con.- sists of two partsviz., the shoe or swinging bolt h andthe looking or unlocking lever M. The shoe or bolt his a substantialcasting of oblong shape, curved in the direction of its length outwardlyat one end and formed with an eye It in the outwardly-turned end,through which passes the loop G on the end of the plate E. On the inneror under side of the 'shoe his formed a toe h, which in lookingthefastener passes under the bridge of the keeper (1. Back of this toe acam-shaped lug or lugs Z are formed to abut against the curved end m ofthe keeper and by frictional pressure against the same to insure of thetoe being pressed forward and under the bridge are No. 397,325. (Nomodel.)

and at the same time forcing the door tightly against the jamb.

' M designates a lever, which is formed with a flattened enlargement orhead M, through which passes a bolt or pivot N, which secures the leverto the shoe h and formsa pivot upon which the lever turns. The flattenedhead or enlargement M is made segmental or camshaped on the side or edgenearest the door, and in certain positionsthat is, in looking thedoor-this edge passes under a shoulder g, formed on the outer surface ofthe loop G.

The upper end of the lever is cut off or formed with an oblique edge,which is a continuation of the segmental or cam-shaped edge, and is insuch relation to the latter that when'the lever is raised to ahorizontalposition the'segmental or cam-shaped edge will clear the shoulder on theloop G and allow of the lever and the locking-shoe being drawn outwardlyand the door unlocked. In the rear portion of the flattened head orenlargement M is formed a hole 0, which in the lowered position of thelever registers with the semicircu lar notch P, formed in the side ofthe shoe, and is adapted for the reception of a padlock by which thelever is locked in position.

Q designates a lug formed on the upper surface of the lever and having ahole (1 bored through it for the passage of the seal-wire,

which, when the door is locked and the lever tened head M to pass underthe shoulder 'nt of the loop G, and thus interlock the parts together.The padlock or seal is now applied for the usual purposes. To unlock thedoor after removing the seal or padlock, the lever is raised toahorizontal position, thus clearing the shoulder on the loop, after whichthe lever is drawn outwardly, carrying with it the shoe, which swings onthe loop, and the lever and shoe are then allowed to drop down alongsidethe edge of the door and hang depending from the loop.

A stud S projects from the inner surface of the head of the lever, andwhen the latter is raised this stud strikes the edge of the shoe andlimits the upward movement of the lever, thus forming a brace which willallow the shoe and lever to be manipulated together.

Having described our invention, we claim- 1. In a car-door fastener, thecombination, with the plate E, having the shouldered loop G, of the shoeor bolt 71, coupled to said loop, the keeper cl, adapted to receive atoe on said shoe, and the lever M, pivoted on the shoe and formed with acam-shaped head adapted to engage with the shouldered loop,substantially as described.

